Thermoelectrics: From history, a window to the future

D Beretta, N Neophytou, JM Hodges… - Materials Science and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Thermoelectricity offers a sustainable path to recover and convert waste heat into readily
available electric energy, and has been studied for more than two centuries. From the …

A review of CoSb3-based skutterudite thermoelectric materials

ZY Liu, JL Zhu, X Tong, S Niu, WY Zhao - Journal of Advanced Ceramics, 2020 - Springer
The binary skutterudite CoSb 3 is a narrow bandgap semiconductor thermoelectric (TE)
material with a relatively flat band structure and excellent electrical performance. However …

Two-dimensional WS 2/MoS 2 heterostructures: Properties and applications

Y Chen, M Sun - Nanoscale, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The successful fabrication of WS2/MoS2 heterostructures provides more possibilities for
optoelectronic and thermoelectric applications than graphene because of their direct …

Realizing high-performance thermoelectric power generation through grain boundary engineering of skutterudite-based nanocomposites

Q Zhang, Z Zhou, M Dylla, MT Agne, Y Pei, L Wang… - Nano Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
There have been few demonstrations that grain boundary engineering results in higher
power generation efficiencies despite serious interest in using the strategy to improve zT …

High Performance Thermoelectric Power of Bi0.5Sb1.5Te3 Through Synergistic Cu2GeSe3 and Se Incorporations

K Pang, M Yuan, Q Zhang, Y Li, Y Zhang, W Zhou… - Small, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Bi2Te3‐based alloys are the benchmark for commercial thermoelectric (TE) materials, the
widespread demand for low‐grade waste heat recovery and solid‐state refrigeration makes …

Origin of the Distinct Thermoelectric Transport Properties of Chalcopyrite ABTe2 (A = Cu, Ag; B = Ga, In)

Y Cao, X Su, F Meng, TP Bailey, J Zhao… - Advanced Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the same crystal structure and homologous constituent elements, the chalcopyrite
compounds ABTe2 (A= Cu, Ag; B= Ga, In) exhibit distinct electronic and thermal transport …

Excellent thermoelectric performance induced by interface effect in MoS2/MoSe2 van der Waals heterostructure

PZ Jia, YJ Zeng, D Wu, H Pan, XH Cao… - Journal of Physics …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Herein, thermoelectric properties of MoS 2/MoSe 2 lateral and van der Waals
heterostructure are investigated by using density functional theory calculations and non …

Non-contact methods for thermal properties measurement

B Abad, DA Borca-Tasciuc… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
Many of the renewable and sustainable energy technologies employ novel nanomaterials.
For instance, thermal storage and thermoelectric conversion are in constant progress due to …

Recent advances in interface engineering of thermoelectric nanomaterials

X Lu, G Pan, Z Shi, B Xu, Y Lou - Materials Chemistry Frontiers, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Thermoelectric (TE) materials are auspicious candidates for direct thermal–electrical energy
conversion applications. Interface engineering is one of the key parameters to determine the …

Ultra-low lattice thermal conductivity realizing ultra-high performance Bi 0.48 Sb 1.52 Te 3-based thermoelectric material and module

H Li, L Chen, Z Guo, G Wu, X Tan, Q Zhang… - Energy & …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The component regulation in Bi2Te3-based materials usually simultaneously decreases the
lattice thermal conductivity and carrier mobility, which makes it difficult to improve the …